America's Religions
Subtitle: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first Century
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780252026638
Subjects: History of religion; Religion (General); Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; USA; History; United States - General; Religion / General; General; United States
First sentence: According to conservative estimates by archaeologists, writing on tablets dates back to roughly the middle of the fourth millennium B.C. (3500-3300), while the earliest alphabets used in the ancient Near East appeared less than four thousand years ago.